tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226233.post2270928070207035178..comments2016-12-08T11:57:12.195-05:00Comments on Sandusky History: The Underground Railroad in SanduskySandusky Library Archives Research Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02846774131566300889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226233.post-19543384028007921812014-09-06T10:45:24.245-04:002014-09-06T10:45:24.245-04:00PS: Interestingly, you hear nothing about the &quo...PS: Interestingly, you hear nothing about the &quot;Railroad,&quot; it&#39;s almost hidden, as if Whites are ashamed of having helped salves to escape the South...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226233.post-48372527393642884352014-09-06T10:44:27.466-04:002014-09-06T10:44:27.466-04:00&quot;African-American&quot;? That always makes m...&quot;African-American&quot;? That always makes me laugh! Black slaves would have been absolutely astounded at the term. Their descendants are AMERICANS! Unless, every immigrant (forced or not, that&#39;s of no consequence here) will be named based upon his ascendance? Let&#39;s see, for example, &quot;Irish-German-Spanish-American&quot;? I guess you get my point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27226233.post-48718551595352574122009-02-25T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-25T10:50:00.000-05:00Your recent item about the Underground Railroad in...Your recent item about the Underground Railroad in Sandusky was very informative, fleshing out what I remember my mother telling me when I grew up in Sandusky in the 1940's and 50's. But, not mentioned was Josiah Henson, the real-life model for Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin." His memoirs in 1849 mentioned (on p.56, available on-line thru Google Boooks) recount that his escape to Canada in 1830 were facilitated by a boat captain near Sandsky who spirited Henson and his family away to avoid bounty hunters in town. The scene, in Stowe's book, about Uncle Tom fording an icey-cold stream, took place somewhere west of Sandusky.Ed Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425856923643133023noreply@blogger.com